abstracts
Pronunciation: [æbˈstrækts]
Word
Context: "academic writing"
(noun) a brief summary of a larger work, like a paper or article, that highlights its main points. Think of it like a short description that tells what a longer book or study is about.
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The abstract of the research paper gave a clear overview of the main findings.
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The abstract was so vague that I couldn't understand what the article was really about.
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Did you read the abstract before diving into the whole report?
Context: "conceptualization"
(verb) to summarize or take out the main ideas from something. It's like taking a big story and pulling out the important parts to make it easier to understand.
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She abstracts the key points from the long lecture into a simple list.
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He didn't abstract the main ideas, so it was hard to follow his summary.
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Can you abstract the story so we can remember the main events?
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